Pencil-holder.



i this character `adapted to To all whom it may concern:

ERNEST M. UYEHEES, oF GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN.

` i PENclL-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2o, 190e.

Application filed May 16, 1905. Serial No. 260,716.

Be it known that I, ERNEST M. CYrHERs, a citizen of the Unite States,residing at Greenville, in the county of Montcalm and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencil-Holders; andI do hereby declarel the following to be-a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as 4will enable others Skilled in theart to Whichit appertains to make and use the same. My invention relatesto holders for pencils, fountain-pens, and the like; and its object isto providev a neat and inex ensive device of de secured Within a pocketand which will positively hold the pencil or other like article andprevent the saltmedfrom tilting or being accidentally disace p With theabove and other objects in view the invention consists of the novelconstruc-` tion and combmation of parts hereinafter more fully describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown they preferred form of myinvention.

'In said drawings, Figurel is a view showing the mannerin whichtheholder is connected to a pocket.V Fig. 2 is an elevation of theholder and showing a pencil in position therein, and Fig. 3 is a sectionthrough the holder.

-of the holder.

erence, 1 1 are parallel `stems terminating in S-shaped clips 2, whichextend under the stems and are adapted to bear upon the body 'ingthe'hold'er.

Referring to the figures by numerals of refn This body consists of alength of the parallel portions side, and when a pencil holder andcauses them to firmly grip upon the pencil at this point-to wit, wherethe lower ends of the members 3 bear thereon, as at 4, and where theintermediate portions of said memberscontact with the pencil, asindicated at 5. As the pencil is thus gripped at points some distanceapart, it will be held firmly and cannot tilt or work loose.

Any number of pencils or other .like devices can be heldl at the sametime by the holder,l the number held only being limited by the number ofparallel portions constitut- The entire device within a pocket, and theonly portions thereof exposed to view are the clips 2. The edge of thepocket is'adapted to extend between the members 3 and these clips, andas the said clips are formed of spring metal they will exert a constanttension upon the ocket edge,

'and therefore prevent accidenta removal ofA the device from the pocket.

This holder occu ies very little space and `does not tend to b ge thepocket containing it. It can be manufactured at slight cost andconstitutes an attractive and'finished device for the pur oses intended.

.Having thus fhlly described my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire tosecure by Letters Patent, is` f A device of the characterdescribed consisting of a single lengthof spring-Wire bent to produceparallel members, said members eing folded along the longitudinal centerof the device to form parallel-connected series ofvmembers, andspring-clips integral with the ends of the wire.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name tothis specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERNEST M. CYPHERS. Witnesses:

CARRIE T. W. BOOTH,

S. A. BOOTH.

is adapted to be held

